Id play Isted Thomas Cundy Kitching Cotter Russell Benson Kane Cadden Tedic Watters Subs Collins Thomas Cole Shaw Larkeche Martin Williams Keep a few players fresh for play offs now
I'd have Luke Thomas starting in the midfield three, and Andersen on the bench, so the option of taking Kitching or Thomas off is there as well. If Connell is feeling better, I'd put him on the bench and give him 30 minutes or so. I think it's more about managing the number of minutes they play, rather than completely leaving them out of the matchday squad.
Disagree. Last night will have knocked our confidence a bit. Need a good couple of wins now to hit the play offs with some momentum. There’s a week between every game from now on in, plenty of time for rest.
That's true, but we also need to prepare for the play offs. Biggest concern will be that Connell is very unlikely to play the full 90 minutes of each game. Duff tends to bring him off if he's on a booking, and he's not often done 90 minutes recently. So whoever is going to fill in needs some time playing in that position to prepare. Similarly, Cundy needs time, in case he's needed in the play offs.
Rest a few knocks and get minutes into folk on Saturday. Stress to the lads coming in that they are a great performance or 2 away from starting the play off games. Collins Cundy Mads Kitchin Cotter Russell Benson Thomas Larkeche Watters Tedic I’d give Shaw and Martin 30 minutes as well.
Isted Thomas Andersen Kitching Cadden Thomas Russell Phillips Cotter Tedic Cole Connell, Kane and Cundy to come off the bench. Williams as well, potentially into the back 3. Then Connell, Kane and Williams all back into the starting 11 for the last game.
